CVE-2009-0316
Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface in Vim before 7.2.045 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working
02 Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in src/if_python.c in the Python interface in Vim before 7.2.045 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-01-28 11:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-01-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 341909b869f270a0a380a635cba2cd9da225a577fa1957d9aff3b425b43a4241
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493937
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484305
- www.securityfocus.com33447http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33447
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090126 CVE request -- Python < 2.6 PySys_SetArgv issues (epiphany, csound, dia, eog, gedit, xchat, vim, nautilus-python, Gnumeric)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- www.nabble.com[debian-bugs-rc] 20080805 Bug#484305: bicyclerepair: bike.vim imports untrusted python files from cwdhttp://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html
- svn.pardus.org.trhttps://svn.pardus.org.tr/pardus/2008/applications/editors/vim/files/official/7.2.045
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:047http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:047
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvim-pysyssetargv-privilege-escalation(48275)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48275
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481565
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- vim Fixed in 2:7.2.025-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- vim Fixed in 2:7.2.025-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- vim Fixed in 2:7.2.025-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.